Tough laws to save females seeking jobs overseas
National Assembly Labour Committee chairperson who is also the MP for Mwea Kabinga Wachira has said that the committee is coming up with laws that will see Kenyan job seeker protected from bogus bureaus.
Wachira said that the laws will also protect Kenyans working in the gulf from killings and mistreatment.
Kabinga said that the committee has formulated the laws so as to also curtail the bureaus from exploiting jobseekers.
"The law is to govern our children, sisters, brothers who have gotten jobs in the Gulf without being mistreated,” said Kabinga.
He said that if the National Assembly passes the bill, Kenya could benefit immensely through the money remitted from the Middle East citing the Philippines that gets 42 trillion from its workers who are in the Gulf and other countries.
“A protected Kenyan worker will be mean that the country can take huge advantage including borrowing from the Diaspora remittances,” the chairperson added.
Wachira said the government should clamp down on the recruiting agencies that have been taking advantage of poor job seekers.
“I am urging the recruiting agencies to start adjusting to the new laws, and exploited their own children for greed,” said Kabinga.
He also urged the employees to be well behaved in the diaspora and avoid situations that may put them in a corrosion course with the employers.
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